WASHINGTON (AFP) - For the first time, a majority of American women are living without a spouse, media reported.
The New York Times, which based its report on an analysis of census results, said 51 percent of women in 2005 reported living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.
"Coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of all American households for the first time, the trend could ultimately shape social and workplace policies, including the ways government and employers distribute benefits," the newspaper said.
It said that several factors are behind the shift including women marrying at a later age and living with partners for more often and for longer periods. Women are also living longer as widows and once divorced, often opt to stay single, the report said.
According to the Census figures, only about 30 percent of black women are living with a spouse, compared with 49 percent of Hispanic women, 55 percent of non-Hispanic white women and more than 60 percent of Asian women.
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
Doesn't really surprise me to be honest. The family unit collapsed a while ago.
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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Jan-20-2007 08:32
LazFX
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: 9th Circle
quote:
Originally posted by shaolin_Z
Doesn't really surprise me to be honest. The family unit collapsed a while ago.
and it started when we took the Ten Comandments out of Public Schools....
Jan-20-2007 08:35
AnotherWay83
The B00b Maintenance Guy™
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: land of d(-_-)b
quote:
Originally posted by shaolin_Z
Doesn't really surprise me to be honest. The family unit collapsed a while ago.
eggzacklee.
Jan-20-2007 08:36
shaolin_Z
Hei Hu Quan
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by LazFX
and it started when we took the Ten Comandments out of Public Schools....
___________________
"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Jan-20-2007 08:47
Lilith
Meowsies!
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Maximum Security twilight home for cats
Not like I need one anyway.
Jan-20-2007 09:26
shaolin_Z
Hei Hu Quan
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
Not like I need one anyway.
Yeah.
___________________
"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Jan-20-2007 09:55
Arbiter
Naked Power Organ
Registered: May 2002
Location:
Lucky for them.
Jan-20-2007 10:05
Q5echo
asymetrical scepticism
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Dallas
quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
Not like I need one anyway.
one what? a husband? hell yeah thats what you need!
there's a man out there, somewhere, that needs breakfast and his shirts ironed.
your delinquent as far as i'm concerned, with your dreaded hair and non-inseminated uterous.
kidding and i totaly deserve whatever you want to throw at my face
Jan-20-2007 10:09
Lilith
Meowsies!
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Maximum Security twilight home for cats
lol, and inherit half of Lilith's "extremely huge" debt
Last edited by Lilith on Jan-20-2007 at 11:17
Jan-20-2007 10:12
shaolin_Z
Hei Hu Quan
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by Q5echo
kidding and i totaly deserve whatever you want to throw at my face
Errr... I'm guessing that'll be alot and more than you're willing to deal with . Beware of the wrath of Lilith .
EDIT: Hmmm, guess not. Lucky you.
___________________
"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Jan-20-2007 10:13
Lilith
Meowsies!
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Maximum Security twilight home for cats
Rice boy in his Honda Accord has to feel tough about something
(Besides he was locked up in a submarine for a long time with lots of other men so it's obviously addled his mind about 'relationships' )
. Beware of the wrath of Lilith 
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